DJA wrote:
Todd Walton wrote:
On 9/6/05, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Buyer was forced to change its name by McGraw-Hill because the 900 lb.
gorilla publisher thought that someone might confuse /Byte Buyer/ with
/Byte Magazine/.
To tell you the truth, the name confused me for a bit. Byte Magazine
was already so well-established in my mind, that another magazine with
Byte in the name made me make the association.
-todd
Then that explains everything. I see I'm wasting my time here.
Next patient!
That's a little too dismissive. Back when I read it, it was simply
"Byte" in a time when *nobody* knew what the word "byte" meant. And,
the registration is *not* for "Byte Magazine". It is for "Byte", plain,
in the realm of books and publications.
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=3selpe.4.85
"Byte Buyer" may or may not be immediately associated with "Byte", but,
it is not obvious either direction. Trademark law *requires* that you
defend it or lose it.
Now, there are some obviously silly things suing over every instance of
"intel" in a name (I think there was something like
"foobarintelligencer.com" that got sued by Intel). However, "Byte" vs.
"Byte Buyer" is not a good example thereunto.
-a
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